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The landscape has changed. The earth has shifted. After four years in post David 'Two Brains' Willetts has stepped down as Minister...

Somewhere in Turkmenistan Last week David Willetts suggested that the Government was considering 'franchising' the REF to count...

Dear David Happy New Year to you. Whilst the rest of us were pulling crackers and flicking through the bumper copy of the Radio Times , it l...

Interesting news from the beleagured David Willetts . Research Fortnight was reporting on Tuesday that he'd asked readers of the Times...

The Research Councils have greeted the Government's settlement with muted optimism. The allocations were announced by David Willets at...

Research Fortnight is reporting that RCUK is preparing to make a 44% cut to its capital spending. 'Two Brains' Willetts today out...

After a rollercoaster couple of weeks, David Willetts has been taking stock and surveying the brave new world he's helped to create. I...

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is consulting the sector on what shape, and what focus, FP8 should have. In his introdc...

Two interesting news items this week: first, David Sweeney , Demon Barber of HEFCE, has been quoted as saying that 'consensus is breaki...

Research Fortnight is reporting that David Willetts has been named as minister for universities and science. He was previously the Conse...

David Willetts , Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, has been talking to the Times Higher , and revealed tha...

In an interesting commentary Research Fortnight (RF) examines the problem of David Willetts. Cameron wants smart, knowledgable people in his...

In a story that neatly ties together three previous posts on this blog, the newly appointed Chair of RCUK has fired back at David Willett...